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LINC Commission Meeting February 22, 2010 Celebrate Black History Month Learn more about these famous Kansas Citians at www.kclinc.org/blackhistory LINC Local Investment Commission 3100 Broadway, Suite 1100 - Kansas City, MO 64111 - (816) 889-5050 - www.kclinc.org Local Investment Commission (LINC) Vision Our Shared Vision A caring community that builds on its strengths to provide meaningful opportunities for children, families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, attain their highest potential, and contribute to the public good. Our Mission To provide leadership and influence to engage the Kansas City Community in creating the best service delivery system to support and strengthen children, families and individuals, holding that system accountable, and changing public attitudes towards the system. Our Guiding Principles 1. COMPREHENSIVENESS: Provide ready access to a full array of effective services. 2. PREVENTION: Emphasize “front-end” services that enhance development and prevent problems, rather than “back-end” crisis intervention. 3. OUTCOMES: Measure system performance by improved outcomes for children and families, not simply by the number and kind of services delivered. 4. INTENSITY: Offering services to the needed degree and in the appropriate time. 5. PARTICIPANT INVOLVEMENT: Use the needs, concerns, and opinions of individuals who use the service delivery system to drive improvements in the operation of the system. 6. NEIGHBORHOODS: Decentralize services to the places where people live, wherever appropriate, and utilize services to strengthen neighborhood capacity. 7. FLEXIBILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS: Create a delivery system, including programs and reimbursement mechanisms, that are sufficiently flexible and adaptable to respond to the full spectrum of child, family and individual needs. 8. COLLABORATION: Connect public, private and community resources to create an integrated service delivery system. 9. STRONG FAMILIES: Work to strengthen families, especially the capacity of parents to support and nurture the development of their children. 10. RESPECT AND DIGNITY: Treat families, and the staff who work with them, in a respectful and dignified manner. 11. INTERDEPENDENCE/MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY: Balance the need for individuals to be accountable and responsible with the obligation of community to enhance the welfare of all citizens. 12. CULTURAL COMPETENCY: Demonstrate the belief that diversity in the historical, cultural, religious and spiritual values of different groups is a source of great strength. 13. CREATIVITY: Encourage and allow participants and staff to think and act innovatively, to take risks, and to learn from their experiences and mistakes. 14. COMPASSION: Display an unconditional regard and a caring, non-judgmental attitude toward, participants that recognizes their strengths and empowers them to meet their own needs. 15. HONESTY: Encourage and allow honesty among all people in the system. Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 | 4 – 6 pm Kauffman Foundation 4801 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, Mo. 64110 Agenda I. Welcome and Announcements II. Approvals a. January minutes (motion) III. LINC President’s Report IV. Finance Committee a. Quarterly Financial Report b. Form 990 – IRS nonprofit filing V. LINC Caring Communities – Progress Report a. Kansas City, Mo. School District VI. Other Reports VII. Adjournment THE LOCAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION – JAN. 11, 2010 The Local Investment Commission met at the Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Mo. Chairman Landon Rowland presided. Commissioners attending were: Bert Berkley Sandy Mayer (for Mike Sanders) Sharon Cheers Mary Kay McPhee Randall Ferguson Richard Morris Herb Freeman Margie Peltier SuEllen Fried David Rock Rob Givens David Ross Bart Hakan Gene Standifer Rosemary Smith Lowe Bailus Tate A motion to approve the Nov. 16, 2009, LINC Commission meeting minutes was passed unanimously. Gayle A. Hobbs gave the LINC President’s Report: • About 150 students received holiday haircuts at Barber & Beauty Day, Dec. 21, at Longan Elementary School. A video clip on the event from KSHB NBC Action News was shown. Roger Beach, president of IBEW Local 124, which along with Capital Electric provided electricity for the event, reported on the success of the effort. • Phyllis Becker has been promoted to Missouri Division of Youth Services deputy director. Swope Health Services president Verneda Robinson introduced a presentation on a future health clinic in south Kansas City. A video of the press conference announcing the clinic was shown. Swope Health Services vice president Jimmy Brown gave an organizational overview of Swope Health Services. Robinson reported on the goals and funding of the south Kansas City health clinic. Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser gave a presentation on his initiative to develop stronger relationships between city government and the school districts within Kansas City. Funkhouser will formally announce the initiative on Jan. 31 at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church. Independence School District superintendent Jim Hinson gave a presentation on 12 Blocks West, an effort involving the school district, the city, and other groups in revitalizing neighborhoods in western Independence. Richard Green introduced a presentation on Teach for America, a national program that recruits recent college graduates into teaching. Teach for America Kansas City director Alicia Herald gave a presentation on Teach for America’s philosophy and the organization’s efforts to improve education at area schools with high numbers of students on free and reduced lunch. Discussion followed. David Ross requested a discussion of opportunities for federal stimulus funding be scheduled for a future meeting. The meeting was adjourned. 2 Commissioner Report February 2010 Kansas City mayor shares broad vision of new partnership between the city and schools Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser shared a broad vision of a stronger, more intentional partnership between city government and school neighborhoods throughout the city. Funkhouser, an ex-officio LINC Commissioner, outlined his ideas during the Jan. 11 LINC Com- mission meeting. He discussed more details of his Mayor to discuss his ideas initiative, which he is calling Schools First, in a with the community Jan. 31 speech at All Souls Unitarian Universal- On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7-8 p.m., ist Church. Details of the mayor’s proposal are Mayor Funkhouser will host a Tele- Town Hall to discuss his new available at www.kcmo.org/schoolsfirst Schools First initiative with educa- The mayor’s proposal includes making infrastructure improve- tors, parents and students. After a ments around schools, increasing code enforcement, developing brief overview of the proposal, partnerships with school districts and enhancing the public safety Funkhouser will take questions presence around schools. The city includes all or portions of 14 from callers. To participate call toll- school districts, over 270 schools, 318 square miles and a popula- free: 1-888-886-6603 ext. 13998# tion of 475,000. LINC has been a long-time advocate for making schools the center of communities, champion- ing this approach for over 15 years through its Caring Communities initiative, which puts a LINC site coordinator in schools to work with children, families and the neighborhood. LINC operates more than 80 Caring Communities sites, 59 of them located within the city of Kansas City. Numbered by school district, LINC Caring Communities sites are: Kansas City (36); Hickman Mills (8); charters and contract schools (6); North Kansas City (3); Center (2) and Grandview (1). LINC also has three neighborhood center Caring Communities sites in Kansas City, two of which are operated in direct partnership with the city: Palestine Neighbor- hood Development Center (3449 Indiana) and Southeast Caring Communities Neighbor- hood Resource Center (5931 Swope Parkway). LINC has several other partnerships with the city including a new health clinic in south Kansas City which was recently announced. Closer collaboration between city government and schools is also the theme of an Independence initiative. For the 12 Blocks West initiative, the City of Independence and the Independence School District are partner- ing to bring greater focus on schools and neighborhoods in western Inde- pendence. Independence superintendent Jim Hinson described that effort at the same LINC Commission meeting Mayor Funkhouser attended. Learn more at www.kclinc.org/12blockswest 3 Schools first When it comes to public safety and basic services, the City of Kansas City, Mo., is putting Schools First. Through the Schools First initiative, the city will focus on a 50 square block area around every school. The initiative includes: • Utilizing $100 million in bonds, with no tax increase, directed to infrastructure improvements around schools, including new and improved sidewalks and crosswalks. • Designating $5 million from the renewal of the Public Safety Sales Tax for providing public safety presence near schools, including uniformed police officers, crossing guards and other high-profile measures designed to increase safety for children. • Prioritizing funding from the City’s basic services budget to improve areas around schools to increase efforts in code enforcement, nuisance abatement, weed abatement, dangerous building removal, snow removal and other basic services. • Developing partnerships with all schools and school districts to apply for grants and other state or federal funding. • Assigning a City representative